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DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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I’m introducing a moratorium on our government’s use of facial recognition technology with Senator Markey. Every American deserves a reasonable expectation of privacy. We need to stop the constant, nonconsensual state of surveillance.

The image features an announcement discussing a proposed ban on government use of facial recognition technology by Jayapal and Markey. Text highlights concerns about the technology's unregulated use, potential for misidentifying individuals, and related civil rights violations.

i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.

NEWS: I’m calling on FAA Administrator Bedford and Defense Secretary Hegseth to immediately reject Donald Trump’s plan to turn his golden vanity arch into a military complex. This plan is as dangerous as it is ridiculous. Full stop.

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I remember when people looked at me funny for saying that the only way the business model and valuation of these genAI companies makes sense is if they believe they can control people’s most basic cognitive skills. Now the CEOs are just saying the quiet part out loud. futurism.com/health-medic...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to Pay

Thanks to AI, it won't matter if students can do multiplication, or even remember their own home address, tech billionaire Jensen Huang said.

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The decision by Cleveland Orchestra musicians and their union to strike has resulted in the cancellation of the concert scheduled for today in Ann Arbor, Mich. and Sept. 26 at Severance Music Center. ⤵️